I want to bring some attention to this story…. I am not usually the type to call someone out in public, it is not usually my style. But I have a friend in the WLS community whom I will not name at this time because I do not have her expressed permission to do so. But I got a note from her on Facebook today asking me to go read a post that she had [...]
This is going to be deep. I'm a blogger, it's what I do. If you don't want to share my emotional journey with me stop reading right now, this isn't going to be a light-hearted or happy blog post. I'm angry at myself. I feel guilty. I've made some decisions that my family is about to dramatically pay for and I am not as confident as I once was that these were the right decisions [...]
So for those that don't realize it, life was a little busy for me for a bit. I left Oregon for Dallas, TX on October 24th, in order to attend the 2012 Inaugural Your Weight Matters Convention. I left Dallas on the 30th, the day after we did the Walk From Obesity and headed to San Francisco CA, where I spent some time visiting friends, saw my niece Abby brought into the world and got [...]
I don't normally do this sort of thing, but I saw a link on Twitter today that came from SparkPeople.com that asked "How Healthy is your body Image?" I decided to take the quick quiz and see what my results were. This is what I came out with. How Positive is Your Body Image? Body image affects how you feel about yourself, how you project yourself, and how you care for your own health. Answer the following questions [...]
I got an email last week from the WEGO Health Activist Awards informing me that I had been nominated for one of the Awards. What an honor. I doubt I will win, I never win anything, but it is still quite an honor to be nominated. From: Susan Mees [mailto:susanm@wegohealth.com] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 7:53 AM To: pandora@desperatelyseekingslender.com Subject: You’ve Been Nominated for a WEGO Health Activist Award Congratulations – someone in your [...]
So I need a break from all the seriousness that has been going on in life recently and need to take some time to just be fun and light-hearted. with that in mind I decided to do a life after WLS, Post Gastric Bypass, Healthy Lifestyle Christmas list and share it with all of you. Actually let me translate. I'm making this list so that you can forward it to your husbands, family members and [...]
Alright, I know this is the topic that everyone has been waiting for me to discuss. How I got my insurance to cover my plastic surgeries. Let me first say that I have largely waited to talk about this very publicly until after the surgeries were done and after the bills were all paid. But I'm pretty comfortable at this point so I'm willing to discuss it a bit more. Let me say as an [...]
I know that a lot of people have questions about the reconstructive Plastic Surgery aspect of the weight loss journey. With that in mind, as I write about my experience with Reconstructive Plastic Surgery over the next few blogs, I want you all to know that I will do a final wrap up blog where I will answer any questions that you all send in. So if you have any questions about the Reconstructive Plastic [...]
Okay folks, I'm doped up on Oxycodone as I sit here with my legs strategically positioned to cause me the least amount of pain possible trying to recover from yesterday's Thigh Lift. Okay so I've always said that when I got to the end of these plastic surgeries that I would discuss it all honestly and bluntly, so that's what I'm going to do… So first let's talk about pain. But to do that we [...]
I've sat on this for years. In fact, I've sat on it as long as I can remember. Now I feel the need to express it, because let's be frank, there are others out there having the same experience I have, and if they can glean some wisdom through mine and perhaps avoid the emotional heartache that I have endured by finding their Healthy Voice a little sooner than I did, then I have done [...]
